| Meet GTG’s Guru | So you’ve decided on your ideal next trip: maybe it’s to a breathtaking archipelago in the South Pacific before the rising oceans reclaim it, the dreamscape backwaters of Kerala in southern India, or even a catch-up visit to brash, irrepressible New Yawk, New Yawk. Now comes the hard part: getting […]
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Frequent flier programs–like the entire airline industry–have recently hit turbulence. They haven’t totally altered course, but they are undergoing major changes. The latest mega-merger—between United and Continental—will mean a new mileage program for those carriers’ passengers. Meanwhile, recent new marketing agreements between American, British Air and Iberia, and between American and Jet Blue, will inevitably […]
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| Healthy, Organic Nepal | I won’t go into all the reasons that seeking out organic food while traveling—and even paying a premium for it—is totally worth it. But here are three. Reason #1: your body’s natural defenses are already on high alert, overburdened with the inevitable stresses and assaults that come with foreign territory—so […]
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| Green Travel News | Just launched: Green Hotels, a website devoted to green hotels and green travel in Greece. It’s said to be the first network of Greek eco-hotels, and it ranks lodgings based on criteria proposed by the International Tourism Partnership (ITP) as well as existing infrastructure and opportunities in the Greek tourism […]
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| Mexico’s Greenest City? | We are frankly amazed. It quickly dawns on us that, arguably, San Miguel de Allende could be the greenest city in all Mexico. On a per capita basis, this achingly lovely, authentically historic place (population 130 thousand) eclipses even the cosmopolitan capitol of Mexico City, whose huge heartbeat nourishes many […]
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| Organic Yoga Retreat | Travel can be tiring. Even great green travel. And so, sometimes, is plain old day-to-day life. If you happen to be in Nepal, here’s the antidote. Tucked within the hills above the frenetic bustle of downtown Kathmandu, the secret gardens of the Himalayan International Yoga Academy (HIYA) await the weary […]
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| Saybrook Point Inn | Still think “green” and “luxury” cannot inhabit the same space? If so, we take you now to Saybrook Point Inn and Spa, which puts to rest any doubt whether AAA-Rated Four Diamond resorts can also be role models for eco-friendly hospitality. An easy two hour drive north from New York […]
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| Recycled Hong Kong | Foregoing its traditional “green” Christmas tree this year, the Novotel Hong Kong on Kowloon’s Nathan Road collected 3,026 clear plastic water bottles and constructed this 12-foot-high, 16-tier “greener” tree lit with energy-saving LED lights. This is the first Novotel in China to achieve Green Globe Certified status under the worldwide […]
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| Nepal’s Green Resort | After too many nights in the loud, tourist-jammed Thamel neighborhood in central Kathmandu, I decide it’s time to head out of the insanity. Surprisingly, my search for serenity keeps me within the city limits. A winding road climbs into the 700-acre forest of ancient trees that was once the private […]
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